Redstone missile family

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ballistic missile family

The Redstone missile family comprises early U.S. Army short-range ballistic missiles and their derivatives, which played a key role in both military deployment and the beginnings of American crewed spaceflight.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Redstone missile	5
PGM-11 Redstone	2
Redstone missile family canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5817570 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Redstone missile family
Context triple: [Redstone rocket, family, Redstone missile family]

A. Polaris missile system
The Polaris missile system was an early U.S. submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) program that provided a key component of the nation's nuclear deterrent during the Cold War.
B. Sky Bow missile system
The Sky Bow missile system is a Taiwanese-developed surface-to-air defense system designed to intercept aircraft and ballistic missiles.
C. R-1 missile
The R-1 missile was an early Soviet short-range ballistic missile closely based on the German V-2, marking the USSR’s first significant step into rocket and missile technology.
D. R-2 missile
The R-2 missile was an early Soviet short-range ballistic missile, an improved derivative of the German V-2, used primarily for military purposes and high-altitude research in the early Cold War period.
E. Arrow missile system
The Arrow missile system is an Israeli-developed, long-range, anti-ballistic missile defense system designed to intercept and destroy incoming ballistic missiles outside the Earth’s atmosphere.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Redstone missile family
Target entity description: The Redstone missile family comprises early U.S. Army short-range ballistic missiles and their derivatives, which played a key role in both military deployment and the beginnings of American crewed spaceflight.

A. Polaris missile system
The Polaris missile system was an early U.S. submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) program that provided a key component of the nation's nuclear deterrent during the Cold War.
B. Sky Bow missile system
The Sky Bow missile system is a Taiwanese-developed surface-to-air defense system designed to intercept aircraft and ballistic missiles.
C. R-1 missile
The R-1 missile was an early Soviet short-range ballistic missile closely based on the German V-2, marking the USSR’s first significant step into rocket and missile technology.
D. R-2 missile
The R-2 missile was an early Soviet short-range ballistic missile, an improved derivative of the German V-2, used primarily for military purposes and high-altitude research in the early Cold War period.
E. Arrow missile system
The Arrow missile system is an Israeli-developed, long-range, anti-ballistic missile defense system designed to intercept and destroy incoming ballistic missiles outside the Earth’s atmosphere.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ballistic missile family ⓘ
basedOn	German V-2 rocket technology ⓘ
category	Cold War ballistic missiles of the United States ⓘ U.S. Army equipment ⓘ United States space launch vehicles NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
deploymentCountry	West Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
deploymentRegion	Western Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedAt	Redstone Arsenal NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedBy	Army Ballistic Missile Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedIn	Huntsville, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	Cold War ⓘ
fuel	ethyl alcohol ⓘ
guidanceSystem	inertial guidance ⓘ
hasMember	Juno I NERFINISHED ⓘ Jupiter-C NERFINISHED ⓘ Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle NERFINISHED ⓘ PGM-11 Redstone NERFINISHED ⓘ Saturn I (heritage) NERFINISHED ⓘ Sparta rocket NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole	first large U.S. ballistic missile deployed by the Army ⓘ precursor to U.S. orbital launch vehicles ⓘ
influenced	Saturn I launch vehicle design NERFINISHED ⓘ
keyPerson	Eberhard Rees NERFINISHED ⓘ Hermann Oberth NERFINISHED ⓘ Wernher von Braun NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	launch of Explorer 1 using Jupiter-C derivative ⓘ launch of Mercury-Redstone 4 (second U.S. crewed suborbital flight) ⓘ launch of first American in space using Mercury-Redstone 3 ⓘ
operator	United States Army ⓘ
oxidizer	liquid oxygen ⓘ
propellantType	liquid-fueled ⓘ
rangeClass	short-range ballistic missile ⓘ
serviceBranch	U.S. Army Field Artillery Branch NERFINISHED ⓘ
serviceEntryYear	1958 ⓘ
status	retired ⓘ
successor	Jupiter IRBM (for longer range role) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pershing missile family ⓘ
technologyTransfer	from German V-2 team to U.S. Army ⓘ
typicalRange	approximately 320 km ⓘ
usedBy	NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Australian Navy (Sparta program collaboration) NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	crewed suborbital spaceflight ⓘ research and development testing ⓘ satellite launch ⓘ tactical nuclear strike ⓘ
warheadType	conventional high-explosive capable ⓘ nuclear warhead capable ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Redstone rocket → family → Redstone missile family ⓘ

Vergeltungswaffe 2 (Vengeance Weapon 2) → successorInfluenceOn → Redstone missile family ⓘ

subject surface form: Vergeltungswaffe 2